Laretia acaulis (Cav.) Gillies & Hook.

Family: Apiaceae

Description: Remarkably identical in vegetative and flora appearance to Azorella patagonica (mat to cushion-forming, 2-5cm tall with an extensive spread in the wild, tight and hard in texture) except for its fewer-flowered umbels and conspicuous large, pale, ribbed fr

Habitat: in open dry rock or soil slopes and gravelly ridge tops as an element, often dominant, of high alpine steppe communities at 2000-3700m

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Laretia acaulis